Analysis of Acquiesing to the Status Quo
Melita Catalina Warren 1949 (Kansas)
Daily we crush killjoy’s upsurge,
Until through vicissitudes we sail.
Spirits, repressed emotions, emerge.
When did we find the holy grail?
Reason rests while passions surge,
Forgetting daily chores and mail.
Personal opinions may diverge.
A jaded elder somewhat frail.
Dinner then a movie. What a splurge!
Intemperance we must curtail.
Finally mind and soma merge,
As we catch cool summer’s gale.
Horizon and sky at sunset converge.
A heart of gold shall prevail.
| Scheme | AB AB AB AB AB AB AB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 101111 011010011 100101001 11110101 1011101 01010101 100010101 01010111 101010101 11101 10010101 1111101 010011101 0111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 456 |
| Words | 74 |
| Sentences | 12 |
| Stanzas | 7 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 14 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 53 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 11 |
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